First off, your code doesn't compile:

$ perl -Tcw /tmp/nuts.pl
Missing right curly or square bracket at /tmp/nuts.pl line 25, at end 
+of line
syntax error at /tmp/nuts.pl line 25, at EOF
/tmp/nuts.pl had compilation errors.

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Once you've sorted that, you'll need to take another hard look at your open statement and realise that the second argument is a URL, so the open will almost certainly fail.

Then there's the fact that you are opening (or trying to open) a file for reading and then immediately write to it. That isn't going to work either.

You also have a use CGI line in there, but it isn't clear to me why you have done that when you are not apparently using any of its features.

Final tip: don't just guess why your script doesn't work - check the error log on the server.

In reply to Re: Nothing is happening in my CGI code. by hippo
in thread Nothing is happening in my CGI code. by bgatto

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